No, a Philippine opposition senator did not wear a shirt bearing President Duterte’s nickname
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- Published on January 23, 2019 at 10:45
- Updated on January 29, 2019 at 03:02
- 1 min read
- By AFP Philippines
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The image in this post uploaded on January 17 appears to show Trillanes wearing a black polo shirt with the characters “DU30” written in white on its right side during a trip to the city of Davao, the president’s hometown.
“DU30” is a nickname for Duterte, who was elected in 2016.
The post’s caption, translated into English, says: “You just went to Davao you're already wearing something with ‘DU30’ on it. But when you criticize the president, you do it ceaselessly”.
Trillanes is one of Duterte’s staunchest critics.
A reverse image search traced the photo back to a Facebook post by News5, a local online news channel, dated January 15.
The original image shows Trillanes wearing the same black polo shirt, but the right-hand side is blank and no “DU30” can be seen.
The caption of the News5 post, when translated to English, says: “LOOK: Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV arrived at Davao RTC Branch 54 to face the libel case filed against him by former vice mayor Pulong Duterte and Atty. Mans Carpio”.
A libel case has been filed against Trillanes by Duterte’s son, former Davao city vice mayor Paolo Duterte, also known as Pulong.
A report by local news organisation ABS-CBN about the case also showed Trillanes wearing the same black polo shirt without “DU30” on it. Trillanes can be seen clearly at 2:37 minutes into the video.
The doctored image has been shared in Facebook groups which support Duterte and his political ally Alan Peter Cayetano and have tens of thousands of followers.
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